Mindanao State University

Mindanao State University
Pamantasang Mindanao
Type Public, State university
Established September 1, 1961
Endowment PHP1.195 Billion[1]
President Dr. Habib W. Macaayong[2]
Academic staff
 1,338[1]
Undergraduates 45,990
Postgraduates 3,955
Location Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Campus 8 Constituent Universities and 3 Satellite Campuses
Hymn Himno ng Pamantasang Mindanao
Colours Magenta and Gold         Magenta and Gold
Nickname Royals
Mascot Sarimanok
Affiliations ASAIHL
Website Official Website

Mindanao State University (commonly referred to as MSU Main) is a public coeducational institution of higher education and research located in the Islamic City of Marawi, Philippines. Founded in 1961 it is the flagship and the largest campus of the Mindanao State University System.[3]

History

Mindanao State University (MSU)was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387, as amended, was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao A. Alonto, as one of the government’s responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”.

The original mission of the university was anchored on instruction, research and extension. The 1954 Congressional Committee conceptualized it as a social laboratory for national integration.

For the main campus in Marawi City starting with 282 students and 12 faculty members in its pioneering classes in 1962, it has grown to a multi-campus supra-regional university system, serving over 69,000 students in all levels with nearly 3,100 faculty members.

It is also the only university directly charged by the government to advance the cause of national unity and actively pursue integration through education.

Today, MSU has various units in areas which cut across the Mindanao regions. From a one campus university in Marawi City. MSU has grown to a multi-campus university of eight autonomous campuses, which include: MSU-Main in Marawi City, MSU-IIT in Iligan City, MSU-TCTO in Tawi-Tawi, MSU-Naawan in Misamis Oriental, MSU-Maguindanao, MSU-General Santos, MSU-Sulu in Jolo and MSU Buug in Zamboanga Sibugay.[4]

The mandates of the University are, namely: (1) To perform the traditional functions of a university namely: instruction, research and extension service; (2) To help accelerate the program of the integration among the peoples of Southern Philippines, particularly the Muslims and other cultural minorities, and (3) To provide trained manpower skills and technical know how for the economic development of the Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan (MINSUPALA) region in Bangsamoro.

The initial batch of students to enroll in the University on June 13, 1962 passed the scholarship examination administered by the National Science Development Board. They comprised two-hundred and eighty-two (282) freshmen students who were top 5% of their respective high schools in the MINSUPALA region in Bangsamoro. Their teachers were: twelve (12) regular Filipino faculty members and a number of volunteers from the British Voluntary Service Overseas, Volunteers in Asia, Ford Foundation, Fulbright Foundation and others. Baccalaureate courses were offered at that time by the pioneering colleges: Liberal Arts, Education and Community Development to which four more were added in the subsequent school year 1964-65 – Agriculture, Fisheries, Business Administration and Engineering. In July 1969, one more college was added – the College of Forestry.

Hitherto, in order to meet the growing demands of the region, twelve major colleges/units were created/restructured.

On January 10, 2001, three CHED-Supervised Institutions, Lanao Norte Agricultural College (LNAC), Lanao National College of Arts & Trade (LNCAT) and Maigo School of Arts and Trade (MSAT) were integrated into the MSU System by virtue of CHED Order No. 27 S. 2000, per Republic Act No. 8760.

MSU Marawi Campus has distinctions as the Regional Science Training Center, the Regional Carabao Center and one of the country’s Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and one of the country’s COE in Teacher Education and Chemistry and COD for Information Technology.

Colleges and Constituent Campuses

There are 17 Colleges in Mindanao State University in Marawi City.

  1. College of Agriculture (COA)
  2. College of Business Administration and Accountancy (CBAA)
  3. College of Education (CED)
  4. College of Engineering (COE)
  5. College of Fisheries (COF)
  6. College of Forestry and Environmental Science (CFES)
  7. College of Health Sciences (CHS)
  8. College of Hotel and Restaurant Management (CHARM)
  9. Collge of Information Technology (CIT)
  10. College of Law (COL) - it has two extensions located in Iligan City and General Santos City.
  11. College of Medecine (COM) - the campus is located in Iligan City
  12. College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (CNSM)
  13. College of Public Affairs (CPA)
  14. College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
  15. College of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (CSPEAR)
  16. King Faisal Center for Islamic, Arabic and Asian Studies (KFCIAAS)
  17. Graduate Studies (GS)


Constituent Campuses[5] 1. Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology superseding the Lanao Technical School of Iligan City, which was founded on January 1, 1969 under RA No. 5363. 2. Mindanao State University - General Santos 3. Mindanao State University - Naawan 3. Mindanao State University - Maguindanao 4. Mindanao State University - Sulu 5. Mindanao State University - Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (formerly Sulu College of Technology and Oceanography) in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi which was created by RA no. 6060. 6. Mindanao State University-Buug Campus

The MSU-WINT (MSU-Wisdom International), which was created on February 24, 2003 through BOR Resolution No. 10 Series of 2003 and BOR Resolution No. 14 Series of 2003 and BOR Resolution No. 14 Series of 2004, offers on-line courses through World Wide Web beginning year 2004, and finally the Board of Regents during its meeting held on February 18, 2005 upgraded the former School of Information Technology into a collegiate unit through BOR Resolution No. 19, S. 2005.

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Coordinates: 7°59′56″N 124°15′31″E / 7.99889°N 124.25861°E / 7.99889; 124.25861

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